Wax embedder transformer 9v

29 .95 €

WT01-9

Wax embedder transformer 9v

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9 V transformer for embedding foundation into the frame wire. The entry model, meant for galvanised wire: it heats slowly, which gives a beginner room to learn. For stainless wire go for the 24 V unit. Work in pulses of 1 to 2 seconds.

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Details of Wax embedder transformer 9v

9 V

OUTPUT

1-2 s

WORKING PULSE

Transformer for embedding foundation into the frame wire. The entry model, meant for galvanised wire and for getting the knack without overdoing it.

It heats slowly, and that is not a shortcoming: it is the margin anyone assembling their first frames will be glad of.

01 · HOW IT IS USED

Position first, apply current second

With the sheet laid and properly centred on the frame, touch the two probes to two different points on the same wire — usually the two ends — and apply current in pulses. The wire heats by resistance, melts just enough of the wax around it and settles into the sheet; the moment you see it, lift off and let it cool. Order matters: if the sheet is crooked, the transformer fixes it crooked. And tension the wire first: slack wire sinks unevenly, and then come the ripples and the cuts.

02 · 9 V OR 24 V

Your frames' wire decides

Galvanised wire	Conducts well: this 9 V unit is ideal, and its relative slowness gives you room not to overshoot
Stainless steel wire	Higher electrical resistance: at 9 V the job becomes far too slow. That calls for the 24 V, 100 VA unit
Not sure which	A magnet tells you: galvanised is magnetic, good stainless barely is or is not at all

If you are starting out and your frames are galvanised, this is the one you want: with the 24 V unit the wax settles so fast that it is easy at first to overshoot and cut the sheet instead of fixing it.

03 · MAKING IT LAST

Short pulses, and let it rest between batches

Work in pulses of 1 to 2 seconds, and several short ones beat one long one: holding it too long overheats the wire and ends up cutting through the sheet instead of bedding into it. Two more things that head off almost every problem: never let the two probes touch each other, which is a short circuit, and make sure they contact the wire itself, not staples, nails or timber — poor contact is the usual cause of “it does not heat” and “it takes forever”. And like any small transformer, it is not built for continuous duty: on a long run of frames, give it a break every half hour rather than leaving it plugged in and hot all afternoon.

04 · BEFORE YOU BUY

It comes with the transformer, its cable and the two contact probes. Frames and foundation are not included. This is winter-workshop kit: frames get assembled before the season starts, not in the middle of the honey house.

✓ FITS	Frames with galvanised wire and winter batches of a domestic size.
✕ IT IS NOT	The model for stainless wire: that is the 24 V, 100 VA one.
⚠ DUTY CYCLE	Small transformer: short pulses and rests. It will not take hours on end.

SPECIFICATIONS

LTA reference	WT01-9
Output	9 V
Working pulse	1 to 2 seconds
Recommended wire	Galvanised
Stainless wire	Better served by the 24 V, 100 VA model
Includes	Transformer, cable and two contact probes
Weight	100 g